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Implementation of VRML/Java web-based animation and communications for
the NGIS Real-time Controller<br>
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Paper should be about 5-6 pages in length&nbsp; typical conference paper
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</b></i>Abstract<br>
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Introduction<br>
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Overview<br>
Controllers over the web<br>
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Nomenclature<br>
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NGIS NML controller<br>
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Communications within the controller<br>
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Modeling the Cordax in VRML<br>
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overview<br>
<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>Existing
Deneb model<br>
<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>Deneb
-&gt; VRML translator (Sandy Resslers group)<br>
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Creating Java interface files from existing C++ code<br>
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Web-based Java communication with the controller via NML<br>
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connection between client and web server<br>
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Proxy<br>
<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>Low
bandwidth connection (only sending joint positions)<br>
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Controlling the Cordax VRML model with the controller<br>
<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>Java
applet -&gt; VRML plugin communication<br>
External Authoring Interface<br>
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Conclusions<br>
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Acknowledgements<br>
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References<br>
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